Machine will not charge batterys

As my Macbook Pro is in for service I had to dust of my old Powerbook G4 Alu. But after a long sleep it will not charge any of the 2 batteries I have.
The strange thing is that during the first 10-15 minutes when I start the computer, The battery is recognized and saying 0% charged. But then the battery is not recognized any more, ( Same with both batteries). Even more strange is the info. from the system log.
*Battery Information:*
*Charge Information:*
*Charge remaining (mAh): 0*
*Charging: No*
*Full charge capacity (mAh): 10000*
*Health Information:*
*Cycle count: 0*
*Condition: Good*
*Battery Installed: Yes*
*Amperage (mA): 0*
*Voltage (mV): 0*
So it looks like to me as it would be the computer that don't want to charge the batteries, even though they are ok. (Just a guess) iStat Pro Also say the the "Health" is 100%
Anybody?

Well I believe you to a certain point. But I don't agree that it's the battery itself that's "dead". It's more likely that the chipset in the battery is playing dead or something else with the actual charging process. Most certain it's not fixable, but I think the battery cells could be recharged if the chipset was ok.

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